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Hi, Just keeping you posted on how things are going. After some hold-ups, I should be printing my first booklet in the next week or two, all about Ann Street. It follows an imaginary tour of the area in 1851 (to tally with the illustrations) but also explores previous history as well as looking...

Yeah, they're all members of the Colmore family, Lionel St is another.

Thanks all. ... Chris, I'm working on K.Ed's school at the mo, so that's perfect timing.

Thank you all for all the amazing positive comments. I will keep you posted on how things are going and let you know when anything is printed. If anyone does come across any old photo's, please put them up, the more the better, even if it helps me get a bit more detail, it would be great! Cheers j

Thanks Sue, I'm making some little booklets producing an imaginary tour around the Birmingham that is gone. I'm going to be using images of the interiors of some of the buildings, that are in the archive as well. j

This is part of an MA history project, and a personal arts project, and at the mo I'm writing an essay on family businesses and am finding some interesting things out about some of the shops. In this image the Lawledge file manufactury is an interesting business and was there a long time. Wm...

Hi, I have been working on a reconstruction of some of Birmingham's inner streets how they looked in about 1851. I've done a few, all the north side of Ann Street, most of Paradise Street, about two thirds of New Street, and bits and bobs of others like High Street, Bull Ring, Worcester Street...

I was wondering what the book was that you got this from? Would be grateful of some details.

I have a different photo from the front and shows number 30 printed on the front of the house with the triple window, I would put it on here but I only have a print and my scanner is broken, but will later. The properties next door with the arch in the middle are 26 and 25 I believe and were...

Thanks as well for the info on the book. I found on a different photo that one of the houses was marked with a 30, counting up from it on the photo below you can see 27.

That's an amazing painting, nice to see it in colour. Where did you find the image?

I found this image from New St of the Swan

I found this recently too. I think the Richards is a Thomas Richards, a quite well known jeweller at the time whose son was Theophilus Richards. I'm not certain considering the name is quite common, but I thought that he was a likely candidate.

The festival in the pic is the Triennial Music Festival, the Town Hall was built to accomodate it, it had been going on since the 18th century. j

I've just checked the 1861 census again and you're right about the corner house being considered as 1 Congreve Street aswell, at no's 2 & 3 Congreve St there is a tabacconist John Clifford living with his mother in law Eliz. Watts, which tally's with my photo above. No number 1 Congreve.

Hi, Found this picture in my files after posting last night, I had forgotten I had it. I checked the 1861 census and found the Bryan family (headed by William) at number 42 Ann St running a confectioners. Next door is number 41, a pub called the 'Town Hall Alms', run by Ann White, I think the...

Hi, I am trying to find out house numbers for the section of Ann Street where the Council House was built, starting with the crenelated building on the corner. Does anyone have any idea what the numbering was? Jenni

Coplow Street at the Coronation